oiy..."home" at last. just a note to mark my return from 9 days scouring Honshu which included:
-good times catching up w/ people
-conversations w/ drunken Nihonjins under the cherry blossoms
-wandering through a bamboo grove on a mountain-side
-a search for the legendary "himitsu bakko"
-playing guitar on Miho beach while looking up at Mount Fuji
...and then some. i also received an inspiring book; finished it, and exchanged it for another one.
i'm sure i've learned a lot while being on this trip; conversations, time spent alone, time spent absorbing/marveling over the landscape/culture...but my brain hasn't told me how to say it yet.
one thing i do know though; i'm developing a killer grip from hauling Yurika around with me all over the place.
why couldn't i have learned to play something small and light, like a flute? O_o
